Metallic sign.



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1 Embossed, Molded, Rolled, or Stamped.

No. 820,359. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906. W. F. HUTGHINSON.

METALLIC SIGN.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG.23,1905- WITNESSES;

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Application filed August 23,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. HUToHIN- SON, of N yack, in the county ofRockland and State of New Yor have invented a new and Improved MetallicSign, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in signs, and articularly toso-called cheap 5 signs, whic 1 are used for display advertising, I Themost general way of making these signs is to make a wooden frame, coverit with thin metal, and then tack a thin metallic sheet to matter isprinted or painte The ob ect of my invention is to produce a sign whichwill look as well, at least, as any of the usual signs, but wh'ch willbe stiffer and more durable and which is very much cheaper. In carryingout this idea I make a the sign-frame, on which sheet the display B noif UNITED sTAirEs PATENT. orrron.

WILLIAM FbHUTcHINSON, or NYACK, NEW YORK, Assienoaro METALS{MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NYACK, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION METALLIC,SIGN.

1905. Serial No. 275,358.

device; and Fig. 7 is a broken detail of the blank shown in Fig. 6 whenrolled up to shape. The whole structure embodying my invention is struckout substantially from a single piece of metal, in which thebody portion10 is a fiat sheet and the part bordering the body is pressed, as shownat 1 1, to simulate aframe.

This part 11 can be given any desired shape,

and, if preferred, an ogee 12 can be produced at the junction of thepart 1 l and the part 10,

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or any other structure simulating a moldingcan be produced.

y pressing the part 11 forward and raising it from the body 10'it notonly adds greatly to the a pearance of the sign, but it serves tomateria ly stiffen it. At the extreme edges of the sign the sheet isbent up, as shown at r 13 in Fig. 2, at right angles to the part 10, is

again bent-at rightangles, as shown at 14,

sign preferably by stamping out of sheet metal which is stam ed ormolded to the desired shape, so that t e body of the sign, the partwhich simulates the frame, and the stiffeningback for the frame portionare all made from a single iece. I also use an ad- .ditional stiffener,which is held in the back part of the frame and which renders the signetter for practical purposes. I am also able 1n carrying out this ideato produce a two- ,faced signthat is, one which is similar on bothsides, so that both sides can be utilized for advertising purposes.

' With these ends In view my invention con sists of a sign theconstruction of which and v the arrangement of the parts of which willfeatures claimed. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures ofreference indicate corresponding arts in all the views. v Figure 1 is afront e evation of the sign emodymg m invention. Fig. 2 is a side eleandis finally again doubled over, as at 15, around the short member of apiece of angleiron 16, which'extends entire y around the sign and servesas a stiffener of-the frame portion. This angle-iron 16 forms a hoop orband, and the angular shape is necessary, as it enables the part 15 toget a grip thereon much better than would be the case if the band werenot angular in cross-section. From the description above it Will ofcourse be understood that the parts 14, 15, and 16 come on the back ofthe sign and serve to stiffen the latter, while the art 11 is that whichreally constitutes the fi ame portion.

Fig. 3 I have shown a stiffening means for the sign, which consists inmaking the part 13 wider [than in Fig. 2 and then douling this part overon itself several times, as shown at 17.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a conven- 9o ient way of constructing theframe so that it may be easily nailed up or suspended. In making theframe I cut out a strip 17* at the corners, so that when the two sides13 are vation wit parts in' section. Fig. 3 is a broken detailed sectionshowing a modifica- Fig. 4 is a see- I tion of the stiffening means.

its faces.

- tional elevation showing another modifica-. f

rolled up to form the frame, and especially 5 to form the parts '17, thestrip 17 can be doubled on itself and perforated, so as to orm aconvenient means for ban in up the frame or tacking it up. ObviousIy t's part 17 a can be given any preferred shape. mo

- orm of making signs for advertisin on both Fig. is abroken detail ogapart of I 1 the blank, showmg also a modification of the In Fig. 4 Ihave shown another modifica tion for stiffening the sign, in which thepart 13 merges in the part 18, which extends inward parallel with thesheet or body 10, this part being then doubled down at right angles tothe body, as at 19, and the sheet being finally turned in, as at 20, tocause it to abut firmly with the body portion 10.

Fig. 5 shows the sign constructed to have printed matter on both sides.Here the part 11, already referred to, after being shaped to simulate aframe, is bent upward and outward, as at 21 and 22, merging in a sideportion 23, which is at right angles to the part or sheet 10, and on theother side the sheet metal is formedinto bends 22, 21, and -11, asalready described, the sheet of metal terminating in a lip 23, whichlies flat against the body 10, to which it can be fastened by rivets 24or equivalent devices.

In each of the fore oin examples it will be seen that I have use a s eetof metal forming the entire sign structure and that the shape of theframe portion is not very mate-,

rial, so long as it is merged with some adequate stiffening means, andin this connection it will be understood that the structure shown inFig. 2, the double portion 17 in Fig. 3, the rectangular bend comprisingthe parts 13, 18, 1'9, and in Fig. 4, and the structure shown in Fig. 5are all equivalents, serving in each case to preserve the framecharacteristics and yet giving to the finished sign the necessarystrength. In actual practice the signs struck up in this way, whilebeing very cheap, so closely resemble the ordinary wood sign that whenthe signs are painted they appear to be one and the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of manufacture, ametallic sign, comprising a sheet of metal formed to produce a generallyflat body por tion, and shaped to produce a frame-like structure whichborders the body portion, the said frame-like structure being raised orpressed forward from the body and then bent back and provided withstiffening means additional to the back-bent portion.

2. A sign of a single sheet comprising a sheet-metal body portionmerging at the edges in a part which is bent forward and back tosimulate a frame, said bent frame portion having a stiffening means onits back side additional to the back-bent portion,

3. A metallic sign, comprising a generally flat body portion, a framepart bordering the body portion and made from the same sheet of metal,the said frame portion being doubled over at the back, and anindependent stiffener secured to the back part of the frame portion.

WILLIAM F. HUTCHINSON.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, WILLIS A. BARNES.

